Enormous response to the relief campaign for people and animals: 15,000 euros are raised within 36 hours

Created: 12/21/2022, 9:45 am

By: Roland Lory

Being teased: Bettina Müller and her dog Nala, who has a hip problem.

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Bettina Müller from Ohlstadt is rarely at a loss for original ideas.

Now she has started an action on Facebook to help a child and a dog.

The response is overwhelming.

Müller thinks someone else should be ranting on Facebook.

Ohlstadt

– "For God's sake," thought Bettina Müller when she heard the sum.

The amount needed to operate on the bitch, who comes from Greece and has been in temporary care since August.

A vet told her it would cost around 10,000 euros.

"It almost knocked me out," says the Ohlstadt native.

But putting the dog to sleep or leaving it like that for now and treating the problem with painkillers is not an option for a young animal, the 59-year-old believes.

The one-year-old mongrel is called Nala.

At some point, Müller realized that the bitch was walking poorly.

The vet discovered that the animal had no hip sockets.

In that case, only an artificial hip would help.

Appeal on Facebook

She doesn't have the money for it, says Müller.

She thought that the money could be used to give a child a prosthesis or a difficult, expensive operation, in Morocco, for example.

Then Müller, who delivered basic groceries to 200 poor families in mountain villages with her old fire truck during the lockdown in 2020 and offers tiny houses for rent in Ohlstadt, came up with the idea of ​​asking her 10,000 contacts on Facebook to share the costs.

Half of the proceeds will be spent on Nala's hip, the other half will benefit a child in Morocco.

There is an organization that takes care of single mothers and street children.

"Single mothers are rejected," says Müller.

She wants to contact the organization to help her find a suitable child.

Remarkable: Within 36 hours, almost 15,000 euros were raised.

A few days ago it was 17,000 euros.

The goal is 20,000 euros.

The promotion runs until December 31st.

If the 20,000 euros are not reached, Müller still wants to sell her motorcycle.

That would bring around 2500 euros, she estimates.

Müller is of course happy about the enormous willingness to help.

"Someone should be ranting about stupid Facebook again!" If you use social media sensibly, it's not just a curse, you can turn a lot of things in the world into a positive one.

Stranger helps

But the Ohlstadt native did not only get encouragement and support for her aid project on Facebook.

She has been to Murnau several times in the past few days.

"Once a woman slowed me down with her car, got out and gave me money for the campaign." In the supermarket at the checkout she was approached by a stranger who then also took part.

The dog has to be one and a half years old to be operated on, says Müller, citing the veterinarian.

The Ohlstadt native then later looks for a new owner who suits Nala.

Müller will soon be driving her old fire engine, which has been converted into a mobile home, to Africa for a few months, first to Mauritania and then to Morocco.

In Agadir she meets people who take care of street children on site.

In the meantime, Nala will stay in Ohlstadt.

The dog with the hip problem is taken into the care of a neighbor.

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